Li Yanqi hadn't finished speaking yet, but Liu Xi was already stunned: "A cavalry against a cavalry?"
"good!"
"Those are Jin cavalry!" Liu Xi found it hard to accept. "My family fortune will be wiped out!"
Li Yanqi shook his head repeatedly: "The governor still has to take care of his family's assets? If you don't fight hard in this battle, I'm afraid your family will be confiscated and your clan will be exterminated!"
Liu Xi was suddenly speechless.
"General, I'm not saying we should charge head-on." Li Yanqi knew that the other party was a military leader at heart, so he couldn't persuade him forcefully, but he gritted his teeth again. "I'm saying that we should separate the cavalry and infantry. I'll lead the cavalry to charge, and the general will lead the infantry to set up an ambush in the middle of the formation... When I'm defeated, I'll try to lure the Jin army into it, and we'll use the terrain to flanke the infantry... In any case, in the current situation, is there still a way to retreat?"
Liu Xi was speechless for a long time before he reluctantly nodded under the gaze of many subordinates.
After receiving the promise, Li Yanqi immediately took the spear from his horse, looked around and ordered: "All the military forts in each state, and all the cavalry in Xihe Road, follow me!"
Only then did the surrounding middle-level officers completely believe that the emperor was behind them, and they also went back to send their troops. Liu Xi watched Li Yanqi and other cavalry generals send troops together, and then ordered the remaining officers to break up the formation and set up an ambush, and suddenly he felt powerless.
After all, as the eldest son of Liu Zhongwu, Liu Xi's political level, vision and knowledge are much better than others. How could he not know the thoughts of Li Yanqi and others? How could he not know the current situation?
In fact, Liu Xi knew better than anyone that compared to himself, secondary military leaders like Li Yanqi still had the option of surrendering. It was just that because the emperor was right behind them this time, their families wanted to continue in front of the elders of Guanzhong, so they could not bear the name of betraying the emperor, so they were forced to fight hard... and as a general, he would not surrender even if the emperor had not come at the beginning, so he had to fight desperately.
However, even though I know what is going on and what is right and wrong, when it comes to the moment, I feel timid and confused, and I dare not and am unwilling to do it, but it is still real.
If we are lucky in this battle, the family will have to rely on the second brother.
Meanwhile, the Jin army was still at the foot of the mountain, following Wanyan Wushu's sun and moon flags and a large Korean flag, gathering in formation. They saw from afar that the opposing army formation was split and the Song cavalry took the initiative to attack. Wanyan Wushu, who had worked hard to come to the battlefield and should have reaped all the rewards, instead changed color.
"I regret not listening to General Han." Wushu, who had thrown off his mask early because of the hard journey and the hot weather, turned his head and said, "I should have charged forward with all my troops at the beginning... Now, I am showing my weakness by gathering my troops here!"
"At this point, there is no other way. I will break through the enemy lines! Please ask the Fourth Prince to gather the troops and cover my rear!" Han Chang, whose face was red from sweating and whose beard was unfurled, simply did not wear a helmet, but threw down an empty water bag and made a decision without hesitation. "We must hold on to this breath and not let it go. Once we let it go, we will not be able to get up!"
"Okay!" Wanyan Wushu responded immediately.
Han Chang did not hesitate and led several thousand cavalrymen under his own flag to meet them head-on.
Zhao Jiu, Wu Jie and others at the foot of the mountain had no idea what was happening. They only saw Liu Xi finish forming the battle array, and then a large number of Jin troops poured out from the foot of the mountain. They thought it would be an overwhelming force, but unexpectedly, the Jin army stopped to gather the troops first, and then the Song army took the initiative to send out cavalry to stop them.
At this point, they, like the attacking cavalry, felt that this was like hitting a rock with an egg. Even Li Yanqi, who came up with the idea, was just thinking of "luring the enemy deep into our territory."
However, no matter how guilty the top brass of the Song army felt, no matter how decisive the commander of the Jin army was, or how incompetent the commander of the Song army was, after the two armies' cavalry, each with several thousand men, fought hard and charged at each other, the cavalry engaged in a chaotic battle on the gentle slope at the foot of the mountain, but there was no clear winner for a while!
In any case, anything can deceive people, but the battle line cannot deceive people. The central army can see clearly from everywhere from a high position. The Jin army was temporarily blocked by the Song cavalry and had difficulty advancing. Everyone was surprised and many people almost fell down.
Among them, Wu Jie was the first to react, but he quickly looked up at the sky, first at the clouds and then at the dim sun. He calculated the time and guessed the weather in his mind, and regained a lot of confidence.
After all, if they could hold out against the offensive until dark or rain, and the Jin army withdrew, it would be a victory of sorts for the Song army, which was on the defensive.
From a certain perspective, as long as the left and right wings are entangled, they can be defeated. The key lies in the front battlefield... He is already considering whether to send troops to attack the plateau in order to win.
Of course, thinking of the Loushi headquarters obscured by smoke and dust on the plateau, Wu Da forced himself to let go of this idea.
But just when Wu Jie stopped focusing on the battle situation on the right wing and concentrated on thinking about the overall situation of the entire army, the fighting over there began to fluctuate again. When the large flag with the word "Han" led thousands of Jin cavalry to fight back but failed to repel the Song cavalry, the sun and moon flag in the rear, which might represent Wuzhu, also moved!
The commander of an army of tens of thousands, regardless of everything and without waiting for reinforcements, directly led thousands of cavalry into the battlefield.
After this move, the Xihe Road cavalry could no longer hold on and began to be forced to retreat. However, what was interesting was that this retreat was not a rout, let alone a collapse, but rather a sustained engagement, as if they were slowly being pushed forward by the enemy cavalry.
Not only that, the cavalry retreated all the way to the front of the formation. Liu Xi's formation-breaking strategy may have failed to achieve the effect of ambush due to the lack of the Shenbi bow, but after the infantry joined the battle, the advancement speed of the opposing Jin cavalry dropped again to a level.
In a sense, it's almost a stalemate.
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